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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The lowered river mouth crest at the end of Kopu Road Supplied / Hawke’s Bay Regional Council A new approach to quickly opening up the flood-prone Wairoa River to the sea has been put in place. Locals blamed the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for not opening a channel in the Wairoa ... <a title="New Wairoa River management system boosts flood resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/new-wairoa-river-management-system-boosts-flood-resilience/" aria-label="Read more about New Wairoa River management system boosts flood resilience">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica, in 2023. Antactica NZ/ Anthony Powell New Zealanders living at Scott Base in Antarctica are making the most of their white Christmas. At the moment, 71 people are living at the New Zealand-owned research station. The station’s social committee president, Faith Farquhar-Culling, had been planning ... <a title="How Kiwis at Antarctica’s Scott Base will celebrate their white Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/how-kiwis-at-antarcticas-scott-base-will-celebrate-their-white-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about How Kiwis at Antarctica’s Scott Base will celebrate their white Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in March 2025. Piyal Bhattacharya / The Times of India via AFP New Zealanders can expect to see a large impact on the economy over time thanks to the free-trade agreement with India, one economist says. The government ... <a title="India free trade agreement a win-win for New Zealand, economist says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/india-free-trade-agreement-a-win-win-for-new-zealand-economist-says/" aria-label="Read more about India free trade agreement a win-win for New Zealand, economist says">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tauranga teen Sam Ruthe broke records for the four minute-mile this year, and his shoes earned thousands on Trade Me. Phil Walter / Getty Images Well-worn shoes, some vintage soft drink cans and a date with a rhinoceros – or a Shortland Street star – these are some of the top ... <a title="Shoes, rhinos and Jaffas: Trade Me’s top viewed auctions of 2025 revealed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/shoes-rhinos-and-jaffas-trade-mes-top-viewed-auctions-of-2025-revealed/" aria-label="Read more about Shoes, rhinos and Jaffas: Trade Me’s top viewed auctions of 2025 revealed">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The authority said Genesis did not comply with dispatch instructions in respect of its Huntly power station, or immediately advise Transpower why it could not. RNZ The Electricity Authority has lodged a formal complaint alleging Genesis did not adequately comply with a request to deliver power into the grid. It says ... <a title="Electricity Authority lodges formal complaint against Genesis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/electricity-authority-lodges-formal-complaint-against-genesis/" aria-label="Read more about Electricity Authority lodges formal complaint against Genesis">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The year’s biggest trend was barely there. It crested Margot Robbie in slim strands of beads and rhinestones; it draped Julia Fox, Sandro Botticelli-style, in little more than strands of brunette curls; and, through an empire waisted layer of sheer white mesh, it revealed Sienna Miller’s new pregnancy to the world. ... <a title="2025: The year of the naked dress?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/2025-the-year-of-the-naked-dress/" aria-label="Read more about 2025: The year of the naked dress?">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, best known for the 1980s festive hit ‘Driving Home for Christmas’, has died at the age of 74, his family announced on Monday (local time). “It is with immense sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Chris,” a spokesperson for his wife and two children ... <a title="UK singer Chris Rea dies at 74, days before Christmas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/uk-singer-chris-rea-dies-at-74-days-before-christmas/" aria-label="Read more about UK singer Chris Rea dies at 74, days before Christmas">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fireworks have been banned in several locations over the holidays. Robert Smith/RNZ The private use of fireworks has been banned at multiple holiday hotspots over the holiday period due to high fire risk. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) confirmed fireworks would be banned in Coromandel from 8am Tuesday until 30 January. Bans ... <a title="‘Only takes one spark’: Fireworks banned at multiple holiday hotspots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/only-takes-one-spark-fireworks-banned-at-multiple-holiday-hotspots/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Only takes one spark’: Fireworks banned at multiple holiday hotspots">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Paritutu Rock and nearby rock islands in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Jordan Tan / 123rf A man has been hospitalised after falling off the Paritutu Rock walkway in New Plymouth. Police said they received a report at about 5:10pm on Monday that a man might have fallen from the top of ... <a title="Man hospitalised after falling from Paritutu Rock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/man-hospitalised-after-falling-from-paritutu-rock/" aria-label="Read more about Man hospitalised after falling from Paritutu Rock">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Hamilton is proving to be a popular spot to fly into, airlines say. Supplied Hamilton airport expects to wrap up end the this year with its busiest ever month, after a new daily Jetstar jet service between Hamilton and Christchurch started on 1 December 2025. Air New Zealand returned a jet ... <a title="Hamilton airport is flying after this year’s return of international flights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/hamilton-airport-is-flying-after-this-years-return-of-international-flights/" aria-label="Read more about Hamilton airport is flying after this year’s return of international flights">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Paritutu Rock and nearby rock islands in New Plymouth, New Zealand. Jordan Tan / 123rf One person has been taken to hospital after an incident at Paritutu Rock in New Plymouth. St John said it was called to the 156 meter tall volcanic outcrop between Back Beach and Ngāmotu Beach about ... <a title="Person hospitalised after incident on Paritutu Rock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/person-hospitalised-after-incident-on-paritutu-rock/" aria-label="Read more about Person hospitalised after incident on Paritutu Rock">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joan Taylor, Professor Emerita of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King’s College London Getty Images Every year, millions of people sing the beautiful carol Silent Night, with its line “all is calm, all is bright”. We all know the Christmas story is one in which peace ... <a title="What world was Jesus born into? A historian describes the turbulent times of the real nativity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/12/23/what-world-was-jesus-born-into-a-historian-describes-the-turbulent-times-of-the-real-nativity-268080/" aria-label="Read more about What world was Jesus born into? A historian describes the turbulent times of the real nativity">Read more</a>
